I had several PCs that just didnt want to install any Windows Updates.

I searched for a solution to this problem for months.

Several forums referred me to afew potential fixes, but they never worked for me.

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Fortunately, I stumbled upon a real fix for this error accidentally.

I actually lived with this being a problem on several PCs for a while without resolution.

Then one day I started playing around with the Notification Area options on one of the problematic PCs.

After I changed some tweaks, I realized later that Windows Updates had miraculously installed on the computer.

Could this be the fix?

I tried the following on my other Windows 7 computers:

For some reason, this did the trick.

Windows Update consistently ran after I made this change on all my Windows 7 PCs.

Why this worked for me, Ill never know.